Combattler V

[rodman75]

Congrats 1oldrobot! I couldn't find any Combattler Jumbos in the completed listings. How about a pic or some details relative to the condition. Personally, I think Combattler V is an awesome jumbo and underrated amongst other JM's.

[faulkners2]

That's my favorite jumbo and I really want one for my collection. I didn't see it listed either. Pic?

[luclin999]

Ebay's search engine has been putting items that are recently sold into a kind of limbo where the listing won't show up at all for between 4-12 hours after it has sold.

You can still get to it if it was in your watch list or if you have the specific item number but otherwise you won't see it in a search result until after the listing migrates to the "completed" side of their database.

[1oldrobot]

theres already a hiccup on this transaction. more to come. sorry for the much ado about nothing in hand yet.

[1oldrobot]

hi, all. the seller and i nixed the purchase. combattler v will soon be relisted for those looking for one with the box. please refer to ebay for details on the item. my own mistake made this transaction not happen.

[willohio]

I had it in my watch list. It looked like it was missing the tank accessor,
arm accessory and had a damaged antenna. But did have a box.

Yeah I follow the rule of never mentioning or posting
a sale till the item is in my hands.

Sorry it didn't work out for you ...

Will

[1oldrobot]

not a prob. its a god send that it did not work out. as i always complain about, i just LOVE jumbos. i dont pay a thousand bucks for a robot. even if i had a zillion bucks in the bank, no robot gets a thousand bucks unless its made of gold and filled with cocaine.

[willohio]

Hear ya! Similar thought going through my head as well. Wanted to pull the trigger in a knee-jerk reaction when i saw it.

Hard to justify that kind of money. I have made an unwritten agreement with myself in that I will try and save all the money from decals, and other work I do in this Hobby towards bigger money jumbos and try to only spend that. There are lots of avenues to explore w/out blowing big wads of cash on the "big" ticket items... And will try to work towards some of them as a goal. In the meantime enjoying all the various elements and facets of this hobby and all the amazing work people do.

~Will

[goldorak2012]

Amen! I'm glad I'm done. I narrowed it down to Mattel only. Where as a couple if the popys are cool. I'm pretty much done. Maybe a couple of the zz's I have zz1 already.

[1oldrobot]

will, i think ike you. i dedicate one line in my studio to hobby stuff (mostly robots), and other stuff pays for music equipment, etc. the mega paycheck robots are awesome, and i can work my way there as time goes on.

goldorak2012, agreed! it was the mattels i had as a kid and a few incomplete popy pieces in college in japan. i started collecting maybe 18 months ago and started with mattels, and honestly, for what my blood lust was could mostly be seen on the mattel commercials for shogun warriors on saturday morning cartoons (whered those go?) crica 1979. now that i have those, i move very slowly on any other jumbos because of cost restrictions.

i see jumbos all the time in japan when im not looking for them, and when i do try to find them, i fall into the collector traps.

i scored a T28 the trip before last for very cheap. i bet i can get a similar deal 50 more times. im in no hurry.

[devoidofemotions]

1oldrobot: congrats on the t28 deal! Do post some pics when you are ready,

[wrcfan]

Combattler v is up again! tempting.. but it's too ex for me too. And I can't repair s@$ t. Damn. .